Article 3: Judicial Branch
based on Latin system
Levels
County: Magistrates court, Family
State: District, West Virginia Supreme Court
State courts: Family law issues, landlord tenant issues, professional malpractice, personal injury, worker's injury, traffic violations, crimes under state laws.
National: Federal Courts
United States Supreme Court- 9 justices appointed by president, serve for life
Headed by Chief Justice- current John Roberts (Republican)
decided if law is unconstitutional- judicial review
Federal Courts: federal laws, inter. trade, dispute between states, traffic violations on federal property, maritime (military) cases, patents for inventions: copyright, public corportations: forms of investments
Both State and Federal:
crimes punishable by federal and state laws
some civil rights cases
class action cases
cases involving environmental laws
Difference between civil and criminal cases
civil cases: money
criminal: jail
No comments:
Post a Comment